Forensic science : current issues, future directions / Douglas H. Ubelaker, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ubelaker, Douglas H.

American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Series:

THEi Wiley ebooks.

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic sciences.

Criminal investigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell : American Academy of Forensic Sciences, 2012, c2013.

System Details:

Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).

Summary:

Co-published with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Forensic Science presents comprehensive international discussion of key issues and future directions within the forensic sciences. Written by accomplished and respected specialists in approximately eleven distinct areas of the forensic sciences, the volume will examine central issues within each discipline, provide perspective on current debate and explore current and proposed research initiatives. It will also provide the forensically involved international community with current in-depth perspective on the key issues in th

Contents:

FORENSIC SCIENCE: Current Issues, Future Directions; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Reference; 2 General forensics - no one else starts until we finish; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Medicolegal death investigation; 2.2.1 Definition of the field; 2.2.2 History of medicolegal death investigation; 2.2.3 Education, training and certification; 2.2.4 Key issues; 2.2.5 Research and the future; 2.3 Crime scene investigation; 2.3.1 Definition of the field; 2.3.2 Education, training and certification; 2.3.3 History of crime scene investigation

2.3.4 Key issues within crime scene investigation2.3.5 Research and the future; 2.4 Forensic nursing; 2.4.1 Definition of the field; 2.4.2 History of forensic nursing; 2.4.3 Areas of practice; 2.4.4 Education, training and certification; 2.4.5 Key issues within forensic nursing; 2.4.6 International scope of forensic nursing; 2.4.7 Practice trends; 2.4.8 Research; References; Further reading; 3 Criminalistics: the bedrock of forensic science; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Managing forensic services for quality performance; 3.2.1 The forensic industry; 3.2.2 Forensic service processes: scene to court

3.2.3 Management vs. leadership3.2.4 Scientists managing scientists; 3.2.5 Metrics for success; 3.2.6 Quality is your product; 3.3 Illicit drugs; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 Legal control of drugs; 3.3.3 Analysis of illicit drugs; 3.3.4 The SWGDRUG Approach; 3.3.5 Reporting and court testimony; 3.3.6 A sampling of current issues in drug analysis; 3.3.7 Conclusion; 3.4 Forensic DNA Analysis: a Primer; 3.4.1 Introduction; 3.4.2 Historical perspective; 3.4.3 The reality of forensic DNA Typing; 3.4.4 The analytical process; 3.4.5 Quantification of extracted DNA; 3.4.6 Amplification of STR Markers

3.4.7 Detection of amplified products: allele detection3.4.8 Interpretation of DNA Profiles; 3.4.9 Future technologies; 3.5 Fire scene investigation and laboratory analysis of fire debris; 3.5.1 Introduction; 3.5.2 Fire scene investigation: history; 3.5.3 Established through science; 3.5.4 Post-flashover burning; 3.5.5 Professional qualifications and certification of fire scene investigators; 3.5.6 Fire debris analysis: history; 3.5.7 Evolution of ILR Isolation Techniques; 3.5.8 Analysis of the extracted ILR; 3.5.9 Increasing sensitivity; 3.5.10 Identity of source

3.5.11 Professional qualifications and certification of fire debris analysts3.5.12 Standards creation; 3.5.13 Research opportunities; 3.6 Trace evidence; 3.6.1 Introduction; 3.6.2 Historical background; 3.6.3 Trace evidence in modern forensic science; 3.6.4 How does trace evidence help to solve crimes?; 3.6.5 Case histories; 3.6.6 Trace evidence analysis and the future; Acknowledgments; References; Further reading; 4 Forensic pathology - the roles of molecular diagnostics and radiology at autopsy; 4.1 Molecular testing and the forensic autopsy; 4.1.1 Cardiac diseases [5-11]

4.1.2 Hereditary thrombophilia [34-42]

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-64447-9

1-118-37388-X

1-118-37387-1

OCLC:

802183289